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Telugu people are an ethnolinguistic group that speak Telugu, a Dravidian language in Southern India This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Telugu people form the dominant ethnic group in Andhra Pradesh, making up to 83.88% (as per 2001 census) [1] of the total population of the state. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language. Telugu is one of the official languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Andhra Pradesh. [2]
Speakers of Telugu refer to it as simply Telugu or Telugoo. [45] Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [46] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [47] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction". The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu ...
The Telugu dialect spoken in Hyderabad is called Telangana Mandalika, and the Urdu spoken is called Deccani. [ 142 ] : 1869–70 [ 143 ] English is a "Secondary official language" is pervasive in business and administration, and it is an important medium of instruction in education and publications. [ 144 ]
Paintābē پَینتابے - socks; in standard Urdu it would be مَوزے "mauzē". Tumārē ku تمارے کو - you, instead of tumhen تمہیں or tumko تمکو in standard Urdu; Tērē ku تیرے کو (informal slang) - you, instead of tujhe or tujhko in standard Urdu; Uney اُنے - he/she, instead of woh in standard Urdu.
Telugu People — people of the Telugu ethno-linguistic group, historically of Telugu cultural regions in South India. Individuals who are of the Telugu ethno-linguistic group — and are a native of Andhra Pradesh or Telangana , and/or a Non-resident Indian, and/or a person of Indian origin .
About 76% of the population of Telangana speak Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 12% speak other languages. [6] [7] Before 1948, Urdu was the official language of Hyderabad State, and due to a lack of Telugu-language in educational institutions, Urdu was spoken by the educated people of Telangana, including the elite.
Gongura and calabash is extremely popular with the Telugu community in South Africa. It is also eaten by Acholi and Lango people in northern Uganda, where it is known as malakwang . In the Bodo Community of Assam too, 'Gongura' called as 'Mwitha' is taken very frequently, it is prepared as curry with pork, 'Mwitha-Oma', with pond fish as ...